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FLORISTAN (1965)

PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:28 pm
by HSA31
Launched on 19th. January 1965 by J. Readhead and Sons Ltd., South Shields for Strick Line Ltd., London. In September 1983 she arrived at Kaohsiung to be broken up after a major engineroom fire whilst under the Greek flag.
FLORISTAN 1965 (a) .jpg
FLORISTAN 1965 (b).jpg

Re: FLORISTAN (1965)

PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:43 pm
by teesships
Seen in Middlesbrough Dock, circa September 1971, by Albert Weller:
FLORISTANxaw.jpg
Ron

Re: FLORISTAN (1965)

PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:07 pm
by teesships
50 YEARS AGO TODAY!
FLORISTAN (6505997), Strick Line Ltd., London, 9470gt, completed 6-1965 by J. Readhead & Sons Ltd., South Shields.
1975 STRATHALVIE (British), 1978 ALEXANDRA (Greece),
fire Luanda 4.11.82 & BU Kaohsiung 20.9.83 [Tien Cheng Steel Manufacturing Co]

Middlesbrough Dock, 28 December 1965:
floristan281265x1.jpg
floristan281265x2.jpg

See also: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2866

Ron